Stop scapegoating Christopher Columbus
by
Aileen Riotto Sirey
&
Angelo Vivolo
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
10/14/2019 4:31:10 AM
Why are we so eager to search out scapegoats for the injustices of history? Whatever the reason, Christopher Columbus is now the fall guy for the sins of slavery, the exploitation of indigenous peoples, the rape of natural resources and most of the legal, financial and territorial abuses that followed the first European steps in the New World. His accusers want to eliminate Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day.
Columbus is a 15th-century man in a 21st-century court, and the jury is stacked with self-righteous, injured parties who have 20-20 hindsight. Vilifying him won’t change the unfairness of history, but it will delegitimize
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Gruntmedic 10/14/2019 5:25:05 AM (No. 206752)
He never had contact with people living in North America, only in the Carib.
If it wasn't him someone else would have started coming here.
People were living in the Stone age when European s showed up.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
worried 10/14/2019 6:19:34 AM (No. 206767)
Some people have nothing better to do than to cause some others to get upset or angry. Then they sit back and laugh at the anger and indignation they caused. Except for those who are ignorant and believe everything others have said, with no facts to back them up. It is best to just ignore them, and continue to honor our past.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jar 10/14/2019 7:06:47 AM (No. 206785)
Unfair to Italian Americans.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Muguy 10/14/2019 7:36:31 AM (No. 206798)
Those who would have you believe the Columbus was a terrible man do not tell the real story.
Columbus had a difficult time getting a crew to go with him so convicts were offered to be released from their sentences upon return.
The crew was ready to mutiny due to the long journey until someone started seeing birds and land at almost the penultimate time before mutiny.
Upon return, Columbus brought back items which Europe had never seen before like corn and potatoes, tobacco, and other things.
After 500 years, he is no longer able to defend himself, but when he reached land he claimed it for God and King.
He was a believer and a religious man, and that also makes him someone the liberals would target today.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/14/2019 7:49:49 AM (No. 206809)
We must stop all this nonsense. Progressives will not be happy until they erase our history and replace it with their woke version. I am sick of it. Everything that has even any sense of goodness the left wants to destroy. We cannot judge history by today’s standards. We learn from the past and always strive to do better. Progressives just want to tear down this country, divide its people, spread its “truth” and wallow in any perceived wrongdoing regardless of progress we have made. Can any nation stand up to the scrutiny of the sanctimonious left?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DynomiteThings 10/14/2019 8:04:34 AM (No. 206823)
Great article which is actually full of useful information instead of whiny nonsensical "social-justice" talking points. Thanks for posting
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 10/14/2019 8:47:28 AM (No. 206863)
When his statue gets toppled, will they erect on in honor of Amerigo Vespucci? Will the feds still get their Monday holiday? Can we still put refrigerators and tires on sale?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
little guy 10/14/2019 9:18:42 AM (No. 206892)
The real key reason old Chris is vilified is that he was considered white and Christian!
I say for all those who want "Indigenous People's" day you need to truly study history and you'll find out those indigenous people actually came here from some other continent! There is very little human remains that go back more than 10,000 years on either North or South America. The oldest is maybe 12,500 b.c. Yes ... a long time ... but nothing compared to "human" remains that are 7.2 million years old found in the Balkans ... or "true" Homo Sapien remains dating back 300,000 years found in Morocco.
Funny how they believe only in this case "if you were here first" you have more rights than the illegal immigrant named Columbus! May I suggest that if you really feel that way then stop speaking Spanish or English and start talking Mayan!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
planetgeo 10/14/2019 9:27:58 AM (No. 206903)
This shows how ignorant and infantile the regressives really are (I refuse to refer to them as "progressives"). There really is no such thing as "indigenous people". The history of the human race is one of constant migratiion. The so-called "native Americans" actually were "native Asians" who migrated down from along the Alaskan peninsula. And before they were native Asians they were from somewhere else. If you accept the anthropological evidence that homo sapiens emerged in the Olduvai Gorge of Africa, then we are all indigenous "native Africans" who have been on a multi-millennial road trip.
Therefore, it is settled science that EVERYONE in the United States today could in fact claim to be an "African American". Maxine Waters, where are my reparations?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
grampus 10/14/2019 9:34:19 AM (No. 206911)
Second paragraph of #8 poster: Earliest dates are highly questionable as an objective and complete reading of Goodman's "American Genesis" shows.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
HotRod 10/14/2019 9:40:21 AM (No. 206918)
There are a lot more of us, patriotic Americans, than there are of them. We will say no. It will remain Columbus Day, and the pathetic pukes can have their hissy-fit all day long. It will not change things!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/14/2019 9:51:55 AM (No. 206940)
Columbus only did what every other courageous explorer in history has done, made new discoveries for the glory of the land that sent him out. He went, hat in hand, to the King and Queen of Spain for financing, three ships and crews. He set sail for what was believed by most to be the edge of the world and a sea filled with monsters. He owed Spain for what they risked. Give the man the credit due and stop trying to impose our nutty rules on him, he was a great man. What Spain and Britain did in the centuries following was far worse when you consider the people killed and the gold and land stolen.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Historybuff 10/14/2019 9:53:45 AM (No. 206943)
So, why was Columbus searching for a new route to the far East? What was wrong with the good old silk road - no chance of drowning or sinking there.
Thank the muslims for that. They were raiding the caravans along the Silk Road - essentially land pirates, stealing and killing anything that came their way. Columbus was looking for a way and found one. Didn't get to the far East, but found a new place - About the only good thing I can say about Islam.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 10/14/2019 10:33:10 AM (No. 206993)
Rather than honor some dead white guy, libtards would rather honor dead cultures who were constantly at war with one another, practiced human sacrifice, and possibly even cannibalism. Aren't libtards wonderful people?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 10/14/2019 10:42:25 AM (No. 206999)
History is dead in public schools and poor Chris will never be known to them. Maybe if we taught them he was the first pizza delivery guy or something. The dumbing down of America hasn't begun it's here. PC and the left are destroying us it's all about 'race' and separation to them. It's a soft civil war, it's here and now and to look at all of this destruction by the left and to turn away will not end well.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
columba 10/14/2019 10:59:29 AM (No. 207010)
Europe was on a roll. They had stopped the stultifying Muslims in France. They had kicked the Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula. They were looking for more ways to advance. Christopher Columbus was the man with the vision, and he succeeded. His day is celebrated in FIVE countries in this hemisphere. Even the money in some is named after him. In addition to opening America to civilization, he even discovered the Trade Winds. If you don't value his accomplishments, you are poorer for it.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
NotaBene 10/14/2019 11:12:50 AM (No. 207029)
Columbus sailed the Ocean blue,
In fourteen-hundred-ninety-two,
Christopher Columbus!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 10/14/2019 11:15:26 AM (No. 207031)
It's still a bit sketchy on Columbus' heritage, spanish, italian?
What is known is the Queen of Spain financed the endeavor.
What is amazing is how Spanish is the official language of an enormous area of land, essentially encompassing South, Central and parts of North America. Many islands in the Caribbean too. Talk about an enduring legacy, but mostly at the blade of a sword, guns and cannons from the armadas sent to pillage the wealth.
Remember, too, the Spanish were dominant in Florida and much of the Southwest, including all of California and into Oregon, and Texas.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 10/14/2019 12:22:20 PM (No. 207076)
8 years Catholic grade school
4 years Catholic high school
Air Force veteran
Always celebrated Columbus Day
Always will
Lefty loon creeps trying to rewrite history
NOT HERE you creeps
Indigenous people?
GFY!
Bon Giorno!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Monique 10/14/2019 5:07:30 PM (No. 207358)
Winners write history. And math. And physics. And biology. And sciences of all sorts. What is true today may not be true tomorrow. But truth is always changing. I do like the point that (so far), mankind originated in Africa, so we are all due reparations if any are due. Yeah. Some people just need to get over themselves and their guilt.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Mike22 10/14/2019 7:13:11 PM (No. 207472)
I believe the genetic profile of the "Indigenous peoples" that migrated to North America was about 60% Asian-Pacific Islander and 40% Caucasian. So "white people" were already present in North America and everyone here was already an immigrant. And if you look at the history of the native american tribes it appears they spent most of their time fighting with each other and taking one anothers territories. That was the way of the world for thousands of years. Our modern social justice warriors are clueless.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
udanja99 10/14/2019 8:22:39 PM (No. 207535)
I got engaged on Columbus Day 1980 so it is always a happy day for me.
I’ve always felt that it was a huge tragedy that the left managed to destroy what could have been a glorious 500th celebration of Columbus’ achievements in 1992. Political correctness killed it.
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